Newsletter for the week of 11-22

Reading: This week in reading we will use our Time for Kids magazines to work on our reading comprehension skills.  The focus skills for this week are main idea and concepts, explaining how illustrators use art to express their ideas, and open ended questions.  The extended response will be an ongoing skill.  We will also continue to work on prefixes, suffixes, root words, and using context clues to define words. 

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Tuesday, November 30.  The genre for this report is nonfiction.  The students need to create a poster board with information about their topic.  An example was provided on the back of their book report instructions.  They need to include the following:

• 6 idea bubbles with at least 4 detail lines
• use your own words
• 3 to 7 pictures
• do not need complete sentences
• print or computer only

Math: In math we will continue unit 5.  The students have learned how to solve parts and whole problems of fractions, used pattern blocks to model mixed numbers, and changed mixed numbers to improper fractions.  This week we will learn about equivalent fractions, comparing/ordering fractions, and adding fractions. 

Writing: This week we will start working on an expository.  For the expository, we will use the 4 square to organize our thoughts. Our mini lessons wil be establishing and maintaining a focus in the paper, elaboration, word choice, and compound sentences.  We will also work on writing introductions to catch the readers attention.  The students are also working on a power point about them.

Science: We will go back to science at the end of this month.

Social Studies: This week we will start chapter 6.  Lesson 1 focuses on the work and trade in the colonies.  The second lesson will focus on the cities, towns, and farms in the colonies.  The third lesson will look at the colonists everday life, and the last lesson will focus on slavery in the colonies.  The skills lesson will teach the students how to distinguish between news articles and feature articles.

Spelling: Unit 12 Words:
basketball       seventy-five       rock band       everybody       fireplace       anything       take-off
skateboard       homework       two-thirds       high school       railroad       motorcycle
vice president       strawberry       freeway       car pool       comic strip       fine arts       forty-two
breathtaking       thunderstruck       runner-up       half hour       paper clip       extracurricular
cold-blooded       headache       counterclockwise       merry-go-round       awestruck
overexposure       time-consuming       nonetheless       spreadsheet       treason       boycott
liberty       militia       assembly


Indian Prairie Scool District will host a parents' orientation to our fifth grade health unit on Human Growth and Development.  The district has one more session. 
2nd Session: Thursday, December 2 at Kendall Elementary School

Important Dates:

Spelling Test Tuesday, November 23
No School November 24, 25, & 26 Thanksgiving Break
Book Report due Tuesday, November 30
Social Studies Test Friday, December 3

Homework 11-19

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 11-30

Spelling - Contract & Test due on Tuesday

5P Math - Study Link 5.2

5G Math - Journal page 134 if not done

Homework 11 -18

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book report dueon 11-30

Spelling - Contract & Test for Tuesday

5P Math - Study Link 5.1, Journal page 128 #'s 1, 3, & 5

Book Order due Friday

Homework 11-17

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 11-30

5P Math - Journal page 123 numbers 1-4

5G Math - Journal pages 126 & 128

Social Studies - Finish test tomorrow

Book Order Due on Friday

Homework 11-16

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 11-30

Spelling - Contract & Test for tomorrow

5G Math - Journal pages 124 & 125

Social Studies - Test tomorrow

Book Order due on Friday

Homework 11-15

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book report due 11-30

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday

Social Studies - Worksheet due tomorrow, Test on Wednesday

Music - Work on their parts

Book Order due on Friday

Newsletter for the week of 11-15

Reading: This week in reading we will use our Time for Kids magazines to work on our reading comprehension skills.  The focus skills for this week are main idea and concepts, explaining how illustrators use art to express their ideas, and open ended questions.  The extended response will be an ongoing skill.  We will also continue to work on prefixes, suffixes, root words, and using context clues to define words. 

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Tuesday, November 30.  The genre for this report is nonfiction.  The students need to create a poster board with information about their topic.  An example was provided on the back of their book report instructions.  They need to include the following:

• 6 idea bubbles with at least 4 detail lines
• use your own words
• 3 to 7 pictures
• do not need complete sentences
• print or computer only

Math: In math we will be taking a test Monday on unit 4.  On Tuesday we will start unit 5.  Our first three lessons will focus on solving parts and whole problems of fractions, using pattern blocks to model mixed numbers, changing mixed numbers to improper fractions, equivalent fractions, and comparing/ordering fractions. 

Writing: This week we will start working on an expository.  For the expository, we will use the 4 square to organize our thoughts. Our mini lessons wil be establishing and maintaining a focus in the paper, elaboration, word choice, and compound sentences.  We will also work on writing introductions to catch the readers attention.

Science: We will go back to science at the end of this month.

Social Studies: This week we will continue chapter 5 which focuses on early English settlements in North America.  The first lesson is about England's first colonies.  These colonies are Roanoke and Jamestown.  The second lesson will focus on the Dutch and French colonizing in North America.  In the third lesson, the students will learn about the Pilgrims and Puritans.  The last lesson will focus on the 13 English colonies.  The skills lesson for this chapter is fact and opinion.

Spelling: Unit 11 Words:
island       design       calm       column       sword       half       yolk       walked       talk
chalk       wrinkled       wrong       autumn       solemn       aisle       foreign       lightning
benign       glistened       resign       orchids       slaughter       clambered       knowledge
habitat       colleague       acquaintance       potpourri       pneumonia       receipt   
mnemonics       jeopardy       gauge       handkerchief       foreigner       temporary
natural       permanent       lodestone       special

Indian Prairie Scool District will host a parents' orientation to our fifth grade health unit on Human Growth and Development.  For your convenience, the district has scheduled two dates.  You can attend any one of the seesions.
1st Session:  Wednesday, November 17 at Brookdale Elementary School
2nd Session: Thursday, December 2 at Kendall Elementary School

Important Dates:

Math Test Monday, November 15
Social Studies Test Wednesday, November 17
Spelling Test Wednesday, November 17
Family Math Night Thursday, November 18 from 6:00 - 8:00
Book Report due Tuesday, November 30

Homework 11-12

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due Monday

5P Math - Test on Monday

5G Math - Study Link 3.4 & 3.10, Test on Monday

Social Studies - Test on Tuesday

Homework 11-10

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 11-15

5P Math - Study Links 4.4 & 4.7, Study guide due Friday, Test is Monday 11-15

5G Math - Journal pages 120 & 121, Test Monday 11-15

Social Studies - Test Tuesday 11-16

Homework 11-9

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 11-15, Vocabulary Worksheet

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday tomorrow

5P Math - Study Link 4.6, study guide due Friday, Test is Monday 11-15

5G Math - Journal pages 117, 118, & 119

Social Studies - Worksheet, Test Tuesday 11-16

Homework 11-8

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due on 11-15

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 4.5, Study Guide due Friday, Test Monday 11-15

5G Math - Journal page 111, Study link 3.7, Test on Monday 11-15

Social Studies - Finish reading lesson 3 pages 168 - 173, Notecards

Newsletter for the week of 11 - 8

Reading: This week we will read the story "Woodsong".  The focus skill is learning to distinguish between significant details and minor details.  We will also focus on point of view, metaphors, and inferencing.  A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase which is used for something normal is used in a different way.  For example you are my sunshine is a metaphor.  The extended response will be an ongoing skill.  We will also continue to work on prefixes, suffixes, root words, and using context clues to define words.  The vocabulary words for this story are resembled, harness, bulk, pointedly, snort, disengage, and retired.

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Monday, November 15 and is a choice book.  The students have two options they can select from.

• Option #1 - They can make a book sandwich.  There are 6 pages and the directions are on each page.  They need to get the pages from me.
• Option #2 - They can make a book quilt.  For this book report they need to make a 3x3 quilt block and each square should be 8 inches by 8 inches.  In each box they should share something from the book.  Examples would be characters, setting, summary, illustrations, character traits, conflict, resolution, their favorite part, etc.  All 9 squares should be filled in.

Math: In math we will continue working on unit 4.  Last week the students practiced their division facts, used mental math to divide, used a map scale to determine distances, and learned the partial quotients and traditional method for long division.  This week we will continue working on long division using either traditional or partial quotient method.  We will also divide using decimals and make magnitude estimates.  The students will learn how to interpret remainders in story problems and work with variables. 

Writing: This week we will continue working on a book review.  For the book review we will focus on the introduction, summarizing, strengths, weaknesses, and recommendation. Our mini lessons will continue focusing on using the 4 square organizer, sentences fragments, establishing and maintaining a focus in the paper.  We will also work on elaboration, word choice, and compound sentences.

Science: We will go back to science at the end of this month.

Social Studies: This week we will continue chapter 5 which focuses on early English settlements in North America.  The first lesson is about England's first colonies.  These colonies are Roanoke and Jamestown.  The second lesson will focus on the Dutch and French colonizing in North America.  In the third lesson, the students will learn about the Pilgrims and Puritans.  The skills lesson for this chapter is fact and opinion.

Spelling: Unit 10 Words:
crisis       knives      media       roofs       pianos       waves       wishes       armies       briefs
videos       heroes       data       bacteria       oxen       tomatoes       canoes       berries
loaves       lives       messages       foxes       breaths       tragedies       buses       skis
hypotheses       analyses       phenomena       vertebrae       antennae       arteries       monkeys
journeys       hooves       magnetism       voyageur       conclusion        portage       mission 
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Important Information:
May Watts Book Fair: Sales Date
Monday, Nov. 8th from 8:45a.m. - 9:15a.m.

Indian Prairie Scool District will host a parents' orientation to our fifth grade health unit on Human Growth and Development.  For your convenience, the district has scheduled two dates.  You can attend any one of the seesions.
1st Session:  Wednesday, November 17 at Brookdale Elementary School
2nd Session: Thursday, December 2 at Kendall Elementary School

Important Dates:

Band Concert Tuesday, November 9 at Hill
Picture Retakes Tuesday, November 9
Spelling Test Wednesday, November 10
Parent Teacher Conferences Wednesday, November 10 from 4:30 - 8:00
No School Thursday, November 11 - Veteran's Day
Book Report due Monday, November 15
Math Test Monday, November 15
Social Studies Test Tuesday, November 16

Homework 11-5

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report 11-15

Spelling - Test & Contract due 11-10

5P Math - Study Guide due 11-12, Test 11-15

5G Math - Journal pages 97 & 110

Social Studies - Worksheet 43

Homework 11-4

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due 11-15

5P Math - Study Link 4.3

Homework 11-3

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report 11-15

5P Math - Study Link 4.2

5G Math - Journal pages 106 & 107

Social Studies - Page 162 questions 3 & 4

Homework 11-1

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due Nov. 15, Find similes in a song, write the title of the song and the similes you found

Spelling - Contract & Test for Wednesday

5P Math - Study Link 4.1

5G Math - Study Link 3.5, pages 100 & 101 in journal depending on what you finished

Newsletter for the week of 11-1

Reading: This week we will read a variety of texts.  The focus skill will be learning about similes, metaphors, proverbs, and idioms.  A simile is a comparison between two things using like or as.  For example, Julie is as slow as a snail is a simile.  A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase which is used for something normal is used in a different way.  For example you are my sunshine is a metaphor.  An idiom is an expression that has a meaning different from the meanings of its individual words.  For example it's raining cats and dogs is an idiom.  The extended response will be an ongoing skill.  We will also continue to work on prefixes, suffixes, root words, and using context clues to define words. 

Book Report:  The next book report is due on Monday, November 15 and is a choice book.  The students have two options they can select from.

• Option #1 - They can make a book sandwich.  There are 6 pages and the directions are on each page.  They need to get the pages from me.
• Option #2 - They can make a book quilt.  For this book report they need to make a 3x3 quilt block and each square should be 8 inches by 8 inches.  In each box they should share something from the book.  Examples would be characters, setting, summary, illustrations, character traits, conflict, resolution, their favorite part, etc.  All 9 squares should be filled in.

Math: In math we will start unit 4.  This week the students will practice their division facts, use mental math to divide, use a map scale to determine distances, and learn the partial quotients and traditional method for long division. 

Writing: This week we will continue working on a book review.  For the book review we will focus on the introduction, summarizing, strengths, weaknesses, and recommendation. Our mini lessons will continue focusing on using the 4 square organizer, sentences fragments, establishing and maintaining a focus in the paper.

Science: We will go back to science at the end of this month.

Social Studies: This week we will start chapter 5 which focuses on early English settlements in North America, and we will finish the first three lessons.  The first lesson is about England's first colonies.  These colonies are Roanoke and Jamestown.  The second lesson will focus on the Dutch and French colonizing in North America.  In the third lesson, the students will learn about the Pilgrims and Puritans.

Spelling: Unit 9 Words:
level       double       metal       evil       travel       couple       needle       battle      
candle       article       equal       civil       capital       original       individual
material       angel       camel       illegal       stencil       brindle       possible
personality       wilderness       humorous       morsel       superficial 
inseparable       indomitable       astronomical       indispensible       impeccable
beautiful       technological       hysterical       atom       proton       electron      
molecule       element

Important Information:
May Watts Book Fair: Sales Dates
Tuesday, Nov. 2nd from 8a.m. - 4p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 3rd from 9a.m. - 4p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 4th from 8:45a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 5th from 8:45a.m. - 4p.m.
Monday, Nov. 8th from 8:45a.m. - 9:15a.m.

Indian Prairie Scool District will host a parents' orientation to our fifth grade health unit on Human Growth and Development.  For your convenience, the district has scheduled two dates.  You can attend any one of the seesions.
1st Session:  Wednesday, November 17 at Brookdale Elementary School
2nd Session: Thursday, December 2 at Kendall Elementary School

Important Dates:

No school Tuesday, November 2 - Parent Teacher Conferences
Spelling Test Wednesday, November 3
Field Trip Thursday, November 4
Parent Teacher Conferences Thursday, November 4 from 4:30 - 8:00
Band Concert Tuesday, November 9 at Hill
Picture Retakes Tuesday, November 9
Parent Teacher Conferences Wednesday, November 10 from 4:30 - 8:00
No School Thursday, November 11 - Veteran's Day
Book Report due Monday, November 15 

Homework 10-29

Reading - Read 20 minutes

Spelling - Contract & Test due Wednesday

Homework 10-28

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due tomorrow

Spelling - Test & Contract due 11-3

5G Math - Journal pages 95 & 96

Homework 10-27

Reading - Read 20 minutes, Book Report due Friday, Drawing Conclusions questions due tomorrow

5P Math - Test tomorrow, 2 review sheets

5G Math - Journal pages 91 & 92